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24     wolf carnasials
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This wolf skull (Canis lupus) shows the same kind of dental armiture as the weasel skull in image DHJanzen101154.jpg, and for the same reasons, despite the fact that the wolf can take much, much larger prey. But, it can also eat very small prey, basically by biting the lemming into pieces and swallowing them.
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